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Automorphisms of cellular divisions of $2$-sphere induced by functions with isolated critical points

Geometric Topology 2019-11-26 v1 Algebraic Topology General Topology

Abstract

Let f:S2Rf:S^2\to \mathbb{R} be a Morse function on the 22-sphere and KK be a connected component of some level set of ff containing at least one saddle critical point. Then KK is a 11-dimensional CW-complex cellularly embedded into S2S^2, so the complement S2KS^2\setminus K is a union of open 22-disks D1,,DkD_1,\ldots, D_k. Let SK(f)\mathcal{S}_{K}(f) be the group of isotopic to the identity diffeomorphisms of S2S^2 leaving invariant KK and also each level set f1(c)f^{-1}(c), cRc\in\mathbb{R}. Then each hSK(f)h\in \mathcal{S}_{K}(f) induces a certain permutation σh\sigma_{h} of those disks. Denote by G={σhhSK(f)}G = \{ \sigma_h \mid h \in \mathcal{S}_{K}(f)\} be the group of all such permutations. We prove that GG is isomorphic to a finite subgroup of SO(3)SO(3).

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@article{arxiv.1911.10808,
  title  = {Automorphisms of cellular divisions of $2$-sphere induced by functions with isolated critical points},
  author = {Anna Kravchenko and Sergiy Maksymenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.10808},
  year   = {2019}
}

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18 pages, 6 figures